Western appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1885-18??, 1887-10-22
NEWSLETS,
Gathered From All Parts
Of the Country.
Multum in Parvo.
Multun in Paryo.

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Multum in Paryo.
A Colored league was formed in Bos-
ton last week.
The second annual Colored State Fair
of Pine Bluff, Ark, opened last Tues
day.
The st. Joseph (Mo) Mirror after a
suspension Of several weeks has resumed
publication.
The Colored lieutenant, John H.
Alexander is now stationed at Fort
Robinson, Neb.
Mr.. ]. II. Taylor, Colored, is serving
on the petit jury in the q. S. Court, at
Louisville, KY,
The burden Of the Colored press
throughout the whole country is that
We need race unity.
Mr.. G. Gray, Jr., is assistant secre-
tary at,the Republican Committee rooms
in Cleveland, Ohio.
The Kentucky State Colored Normal
school at Frankfort, KY, has opened
with thirteen scholars.
Fred Douglass has been invited to
stump the state of New York for the
Republican ticket and Col. Grant
Mr.. w. II. johnson, Colored, has
been appointed Republican State Com
mitteeman at large for New York.
Chicago boasts of Colored meta
physician or christian science healer in
the person of DR.. Albert S. Fields.
Mr.. Stephen Chavez, of jackson.
Mich, has been awarded back pen.
sion Of $4,000 and a monthly one of $12
The Republicans of Leavensworth
Kansas, have nominated John L. Wall
er, Colored attorney, for county clerk.
Mr.. H. c. Smith, editor of the Glove.
land Gazette, has been appointed cleo
ton clerk for the Ward in which be
lives for the third time.
Thomas III. Young and wife, Colored
have sued the proprietor of the Ebbii
house, Washington, for $500, charging
discrimination on account of color.
Mr.. FL. H. sprague has been nomi
mated for state Senator and Mr.. j. G
Chapelle for State Central Commute.
men in Boston, Mass. Both are col
ored.
Hons. Geo. Ecton, j. w. e. Thoma
and DR.. D. II. Williams, all Colored
were members of the reception com
mittee on the occasion of the Presi
dents visit to Chicago.
Mr.. Cornelius Bowser, who is tick
ct seller at the Chestnut Street Opers
House, Philadelphia, Pa, is, as tar as is
known, the only Colored man holding
like position in. the country.
Mr.. T. McCants Stewart, the Coloret
lawyer, has written letter to til,
Democratic State Committee of New
York, offering his services as speake
in behalf of the Democratic state ticket
One more book has been added to til,
list of those written by Colored authors
1t is called christianity Islam and til,
Negro race Edward w. Blyden, L. Z
D., the distinguished scholar, is til,
author.
Hon. J. Pennoyer Jones, Of Arkan
sas City, Ark, was appointed delegat,
to the Western Waterways convention
by the Governor of Arkansas. TIL,
convention met in Memphis, Tenn, Lar
Wednesday.
The st. Joseph (Mo) Radical gives
list of forty-two Colored residents VIII
have accumulated $1,000 and more
Messrs. Robt. Foster and VIM. Harri
head the list with 5000 and $1,000
respectively.
The Prohibitionists of Alleghen,
county, have nominated Mr.. Emanue
Marshall, Colored, as county commits
sioner. The same party in Newark, N
]. nominated Rev. j. W. E. Bowen, ais,
Colored for the legislature.
Ex-senator Bruce, Of Mississippi, ha
been invited to deliver and address a
the second annual state fair to be hel,
at Petersburg, Va, under the auspice
of the Colored Agricultural and In
dustrial Association of Virginia.
Mr.. A. g. Drake, Colored, vel
known temperance lecturer Of Louis
vile, KY, visited the county jail in tina
city few days ago and delivered an ad
dress to its inmates. AS result Of til,
address forty-seven moonshiners VIII,
were imprisoned there signed th,
temperance pledge.